Orlando pursed his lips and walked out of the restaurant without a word. There was nothing Lawson could do, so he called his men to let them go. Paula and Brenton were tied up in a dark room, shivering. She never expected that Viola would know a big shot like Orlando. Her jealousy towards Viola deepened. Viola was an orphan growing up in an orphanage, and she was a divorced woman. Why could she get the help of so many outstanding men of Washington? But compared to jealousy, Paula was more afraid at the moment. It was a fear of how Orlando would deal with them. With a crisp sound, the lights were turned on. It took them a little while to adjust to the light. The two of them trembled in fear, and before they begged for mercy, Lawson's men loosened their ropes. Then those men left.

